CHAPTER 267: FROM THE EGGS CAME...

"What the?!"

He sat up immediately, eyes wide, as the eggs pulsed again, this time, stronger, releasing a wave of soft spiritual energy that washed over the room.

The air around him trembled.

The once-quiet chamber now thrummed with Dao Rhythms so profound, that the entire atmosphere had turned, into a miniature heavenly realm of enlightenment.

Yu Xuan blinked, unable to comprehend the situation.

"Wait, wait, wait! What’s with this mysterious atmosphere? Am I—am I getting a Phoenix?!" he blurted out, half in awe, half in excitement.

As if in response, both eggs shuddered slightly — one glowing with dark cosmic energy, the other with white-blue radiance.

Yu Xuan’s face shined, happy.

He was finally getting his second and third, live pet.

The first was Long Anming, as the eggs still haven’t hatched at that time.

But the eggs didn’t care about his happiness.

Their glow intensified, and faint cracks began to appear on their surfaces.

Each crack echoed like thunder.

Crack! Crack!! Crack!!!

Yu Xuan braced himself, eyes gleaming.

His mind raced with possibilities — a celestial beast? A phoenix? Another dragon? A Kun Peng? Unknown species? Maybe even a beast god!

And then...

From the broken shells, two tiny beings emerged.

Two small, wiggling, round-eyed, cartoonish looking — Caterpillars.

Yu Xuan froze mid-celebration.

"..."

He stared at the little creatures in complete silence.

Both caterpillars blinked their oversized eyes at him, their slightly translucent, jelly-like bodies glimmering faintly.

They looked utterly harmless — one dark with streaks of starlight running along its body, the other pale and softly glowing, blue light glimmering like snowflakes.

Then, with cheerful chirps that sounded suspiciously like "munch!", they began to eat their eggshells.

Bit by bit, they devoured the shimmering fragments, each piece of shell fading into tiny sparkles as they consumed them.

Yu Xuan’s mouth twitched.

"You’ve got to be kidding me... the grand heavenly phenomenon... was for worms?"

But as he continued watching, his eyes softened.

After finishing their meal, both little caterpillars looked satisfyingly round and slightly wobbly — their bellies glowing faintly from the energy they’d absorbed.

Their slightly ethereal forms began to harden, as if to prepare them for material world.

They floated lazily in the air, wriggling toward him with almost childlike curiosity.

Their size barely reached six centimeters, their faces ridiculously expressive — two adorable dots for eyes, tiny mouths that seemed to smile, and little antennae that wiggled like they were waving hello.

Yu Xuan couldn’t help it, his lips curled into a small, genuine smile.

When he reached out his hand, the two tiny creatures floated closer and, one after another, crawled onto his palm. His skin felt ticklish.

He felt it instantly, their bond

.

The moment they touched him, his heart resonated. His soul stirred.

"You two..." Yu Xuan whispered, his voice trembling slightly.

No matter how cute they looked, he could feel it, these two were special.

They were his summons, and more than that, they had once saved him from a curse he hadn’t even known existed.

He smiled softly, warmth filling his chest.

"Welcome home."

Outside, floating silently above his residence, the Elemental Heaven Peak Master watched the scene unfold through her divine sense.

Her usually calm face betrayed a flicker of astonishment.

The Elemental Heaven Peak exhaled slowly, muttering to herself.

"So... the eggs have finally hatched."

Her gaze deepened, complex emotions swirling in her eyes, looking at those two caterpillars, who have yet to grow their wings.

***

That night, Yu Xuan didn’t sleep a wink.

Not because he couldn’t, but because he was too busy playing with his two newly hatched... caterpillars.

He had never imagined he would spend the night watching two tiny creatures crawl across his arms, glowing faintly like living stars.

But there he was, sitting cross-legged on his bed, holding them up against the moonlight like a proud parent.

Every few moments, he’d chuckle softly.

"They look like they’re dancing," he murmured, eyes soft with amusement.

The black caterpillar, the slightly mischievous one — kept wriggling toward his sleeve, determined to burrow into his robe.

The white-blue one, in contrast, was calm and serene, content to simply roll along his palm, leaving faint trails of light behind.

Yu Xuan exhaled deeply.

"You two are definitely going to cause trouble..."

He had spent the last hour contemplating names and had gone through at least a hundred terrible ideas.

"Alright, so calling you Little Black and Little White would just make me enemies with my own sense of irony," he muttered to himself.

"That’s basically asking for karma to bite me later. I don’t even know your gender."

He frowned, rubbing his chin like a philosopher deep in existential struggle.

"After naming Xiaohu back home as ’Xiaohu Celestine Amane Von Yu,’ if I suddenly give you both something like ’Bob’ and ’Alice,’ I’ll become a meme in the Reincarnator community."

The two caterpillars blinked their big round eyes at him, completely unbothered by their naming dilemma.

"Woah— not there, my little caterpillar!" Yu Xuan hissed suddenly, feeling a ticklish sensation.

He quickly slid his hand into his robes and fished it out, holding it gently between his fingers.

He placed it back beside its white-blue sibling — this time, directly on his face.

The white-blue one began to crawl lazily across his forehead like an artist. The black one rolled across his cheek.

Yu Xuan sighed, smiling.

He tilted his head and stared at the sky, lost in thought.

The sun had arrived.

These two were precious.

He’d need to make them a proper nest soon, something safe, soft, and secure.

But letting them outside? That was out of the question.

"What if they become a snack for some random bird?" he muttered, the thought alone making his expression darken.

He looked at them again, his voice softening.

"You two may be small, but you’re extraordinary. So, for now, you stay close to me."

As if agreeing, both caterpillars wriggled contentedly in his palms, glowing faintly.

And just then —

A familiar black golden window appeared in his sight.